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As an "Amici del Barone" - Friend of the Baron - Wine Club Member, we invite you to enjoy our hand-crafted Italian style wines with your friends, on a special occasion, or just for sipping after a fine day jousting!

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On Saturday, June 18, we hosted The Capulet Ball at the Castello for our Wine Club members and their guests, and spent a magical night under the stars as San Francisco's We Players performed a fully-interactive selection from Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet. Thank you to everyone who was able to attend this fantastic event, and a special thanks to the incredibly talented We Players for such an incredible performance! Please enjoy a few of our favorite photos from the evening below:

Eagerly awaiting the first guests for the Capulet Ball

Our Wine Club members certainly know how to dress for a ball!

Sir Lancelot made an appearance to welcome the Capulets and their guests

Capulet welcoming her guests while her nephew Tybalt sulks in the background

Romeo enjoying himself with our Wine Club members

A beautiful evening for dinner in the Courtyard

After dinner, guests were taught the Capulet Family Pavane in the Great Hall

Capulet meets the illustrious County Paris

Juliet and County Paris dance for guests before she runs away

"For saints have hands that pilgrims hands do touch, And palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss" - Juliet

Juliet declaring her love for Romeo from the balconey of the Covered Loggia above the Courtyard

If you missed their amazing performance at the Castello, be sure to catch the full production of Romeo and Juliet at the historic Petaluma Adobe State Park, running August 12 - September 25!
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The 2015 Harvest season is in full swing here at the Castello, and on Saturday, September 21st we celebrated our newest arriving vintage with our 8th Annual Harvest Celebration and Grape Stomp Competition! Wine Club members and their guests enjoyed delicious food paired with Castello wines, live music in the courtyard, winemaking demonstrations in our fermentation rooms, and of course, our annual Grape Stomp Competition! Check out our photos of the evening below:

Our enthusiastic Grapes were a hit with our guests!

Guests were able to sample freshly fermenting Gewurztraminer, Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel, and Malbec in the Red Wine Fermentation Room

The calm before the storm on the Crush Pad...

Team #6 cheering on their bottle filler to the finish line!

Congratulations to Team #1, our First Place Stompers!

Thank you to everyone who attended this great event! We hope you had a "grape" time!

We hosted our annual Midsummer Medieval Festival on June 22 this year, and our guests (and staff) had a fantastic evening filled with wine, food, and a whole array of medieval games and entertainments. Please enjoy a few of our favorite moments from the event below, and we're looking forward to next year's festival already!

It was a perfect June day in the Napa Valley as our guests arrived for a glass of wine on our Il Passito patio before the Joust

Our president, Georg Salzner, graciously welcomed our wine club members and their guests to the festivities (and even found a fair maiden whose costume matched his!)

A few of our guests in their medieval finery welcoming the knights to the Joust!

Sir William and his companions, our noble knights of the Joust

Everyone eagerly awaiting the start of the Tournament

A fair guest was invited to challenge one of the knights, whom she soundly defeated in battle

He graciously gave her a rose in thanks for not being too rough on him

The knights displayed their skill on horseback in a number of Tournament events

On Saturday, April 20th, New Orleans came to the Castello for our Ragin' Cajun party. As the sun went down, the beads and beats came out, and the Castello was transformed into a sizzling scene full of live music, tarot readings, and hot and spicy Cajun foods paired with our Castello wines!

The main event featured Gator Beat, a high-energy Zydeco and New Orleans R&B band based out of Sonoma. They kept the Cajun beats going throughout the evening out in our courtyard, where guests dressed in their best Creole "style" danced the night away.

In all I'd say it was a "ragin'" success, but you can see for yourself in the photos below!

You know it's going to be a great night when Fantasia is flowing!

Gator Beat getting the party started out in the courtyard.

A few of our favorite Wine Club members with the Voodoo King.

Guests enjoying some of the delicious Cajun cuisine (and Castello wines!) in our Great Hall.

So many good things in one pot!

All of the delicious Creole cuisine at the party was provided for our guests by Oak Avenue Catering. Ca c'est bon!

Way to rock that New Orleans style!

The featured cocktail of the evening was the "Hurricane di Amorosa," a tantalizingly effervescent mix of our Fantasia with orange sorbet. Santé!

Who wants to hear their future? Tarot card readings in the chapel.

Feelin' the love!

Ragin' Cajun Ladies

Willard Blackwell on washboard keeping the Zydeco beats bumping through the night.

Out on the dance floor. Laissez les bon temps roulet!

Il Barone himself, Dario Sattui, made an appearance later on in the evening.

Our wonderful events team celebrating the fruits of their labors. Merci boucoups for throwing such a great party!

Another fantastic Wine Club event at the Castello. We're looking forward to next year already!

Photos by Raymond Ibita Photography. Check out his album here or visit our Facebook page!

The Amici Del Barone, Castello di Amorosa's Wine club gathered to celebrate the fruits of the harvest. It is common that celebrations at the Castello often take on a life of their own and last Saturday's Festa del 'Uva was no exception.

While the Grape Stomp Competition was the featured event of the evening, there was plenty more to see including demonstrations featuring cooperage, hand-waxing of Il Barone bottles and cork manufacturing demonstrations by Scott Webster of Portocork. The entire Castello was open and alive with celebration.

Wine club members came from as far away as Hawaii to the Festa to eat the great food, drink great wine and stomp the heck out of some real nice Napa Valley grapes. Teams were formed with names like, FOTY, Nutmeg Alohas, Grape Nuts, Janie's Jumpers, First Crush, Oceans 11, The Grapes of Wrath, Just Juicin', The Grape Ape, The Big Squeeze, Buffalo Warriors, Purple Grape, Grape Crush, Team Squeeze-a-lot, Grape Gatsby's and Polish Power.

A picture is worth a thousand words so please enjoy the photo montage below.

The Grape Stomp Competition

First, grab as many grapes as you can and put them in huge baskets!

And then dump the Napa Valley grapes into the destemmer... carefully.

Hey, watch your head. And turn that crank, fast.

For most it was all about stomping the grapes, and for others, well....

Stomp, stomp, stomp and keep stomping.

Smiling, stomping, laughing, smiling, stomping... I think you get it.

Some stomped so hard, they lost their shirt, so to speak.

When you're done stomping, pour the Napa Valley grape juice into a bottle.

And look out for this team; obviously, they've done this before! Look at those beautiful faces of experience and the power in them legs!

However, the team with the most juice- the Grape Nuts pictured with Castello di Amorosa owner, Dario Sattui.

Hungry? How about some pizza from the Outdoor Oven

Shannon Kelly of Knickerbockers' catering putting the finishing touches on the pizza. http://www.knickerbockerscatering.com

Making a French Oak Barrel by Nadalie Cooperage

It takes great skill to make a French Oak barrel. http://www.nadalie.com/

And the perfect amount of heat provides the toast necessary to make great Castello di Amorosa wines.

Scott Webster of Portocork demonstrating the origin of cork. http://www.portocork.com/